Syed Najibul Bashar Maizbhandari ( bn, সৈয়দ নজিবুল বশর মাইজভাণ্ডারী) is the chairman of

Bangladesh Tarikat Federation The Bangladesh Tarikat Federation ( bn, বাংলাদেশ তরিকত ফেডারেশন; BTF) is a secular-Sufi political party in Bangladesh founded by Syed Najibul Bashar of the Maizbhandaria tariqah and some Pir-Mashaikh o ...

and the incumbent Member of Parliament of the

Chittagong-2 Chittagong-2 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Syed Nazibul Bashar Maizvandary of the Bangladesh Tarikat Federation. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Fatikchhari Upaz ...

constituency.

Early life

Maizbhandari was born on 2 December 1959, to a

Bengali Muslim Bengali Muslims ( bn, বাঙালি মুসলমান; ) are adherents of Islam who ethnically, linguistically and genealogically identify as Bengalis. Comprising about two-thirds of the global Bengali population, they are the sec ...

family of Syeds belonging to the Maizbhandaria

tariqah A tariqa (or ''tariqah''; ar, طريقة ') is a school or order of Sufism, or specifically a concept for the mystical teaching and spiritual practices of such an order with the aim of seeking ''haqiqa'', which translates as "ultimate truth". ...

Chittagong District Chittagong District, renamed the Chattogram District, is a district located in the south-eastern region of Bangladesh. It is a part of the Chattogram Division. The port city of Chattogram, which is the second largest city in Bangladesh, is ...

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

(now

Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the mos ...

). He completed his education up until he gained his

Higher Secondary School Certificate The Higher Secondary School Certificate is a secondary qualification in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan. Higher Secondary Education The Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education in Bangladesh recognises "Higher Secondary Education" und ...

Career

During the

1991 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 27 February 1991. The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) emerged as the largest party in parliament, winning 140 of the 300 directly-elected seats. The BNP formed a government with the support of the I ...

s, Maizbhandari successfully won a seat in the

Chittagong-4 Chittagong-4 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2014 by Didarul Alam of the Awami League. Boundaries The constituency encompasses Sitakunda Upazila and Chittagong City Corporation wards ...

constituency as an

Awami League In Urdu language, Awami is the adjectival form for '' Awam'', the Urdu language word for common people. The adjective appears in the following proper names: *Awami Colony, a neighbourhood of Landhi Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan *Awami Front, wa ...

candidate. However, he later became affiliated with the

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

. He represented them as a candidate for the same constituency in the

2001 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 1 October 2001. The 300 single-seat constituencies of the Jatiya Sangsad were contested by 1,935 candidates representing 54 parties and including 484 independents. The elections were the second to be ...

, but did not win a seat. He left the Bangladesh Nationalist Party in 2005 because the party had formed an alliance with the

Jamaat-e-Islami Jamaat-e-Islami ( ur, ) () is an Islamic movement founded in 1941 in British India by the Islamic theologian and socio-political philosopher, Syed Abul Ala Maududi.van der Veer P. and Munshi S. (eds.''Media, War, and Terrorism: Responses fro ...

, which Maizbhandari accuses of supporting terrorists who attack ''

dargah A dargah ( fa, درگاه ''dargâh'' or ''dargah'', Turkish: ''dergâh'', Hindustani: ''dargah'' दरगाह درگاہ, bn, দরগাহ ''dorgah'') is a shrine or tomb built over the grave of a revered religious figure, often ...

s'' (Sufi shrines); Maizbhandari is the president of the Bangladesh Dargah Mazar Federation, an association of shrines. In the same year, he founded the

political party which had experienced its first elections in 2008 with 45 candidates but no seats won in parliament. On 5 January 2014, Maizbhandari won a seat in the

representing his party and managed to keep this seat again in the

2018 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly-elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was a landslide victory for the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. According to political scientist Ali Riaz, ...

. He is the Chairman of Bangladesh Tarikat Federation, ailed of the

References

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